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*photographs by Simba*
For this first test shoot, I did not have a rock climbing helmet with me. However, Simba was photographing a cap in the studio on the same day as me. Neither of us were particularly inspired by the outcomes of the hat photographs as the images, like with the rock climbing shoes, turned out flat - there is no excitement about them. Due to this, I have decided not to pursue to concept of having a rock climbing helmet as part of my final photo set.
Triptych Test Shoot #1
*all photographs can be clicked on to make them bigger on screen*
My plan for this shoot was to get a feel for how the mini studio worked and to figure out which three items would be best to use for my final piece. At this point, I had a list of possible rock-climbing related items:
∙ Rope ∙ Rock climbing helmet ∙ Carabiners ∙ Rock climbing shoes ∙ A harness ∙ Rock climbing chalk
There was no initial set idea about how to capture the image - with regards the the framing, I went into the shoot with the plan to experiment with cropping, lighting and composition.
For the shoot I utilised the mini studio, a Nikon D90 SLR camera and two key lights which were angled in from the right and left side. When necessary, a reflector was used that was held by my assistant. The button on the mini studio allowed me to control the amount of light which it let off from underneath/the back.
Here I experimented with bracketing where I altered the aperture settings - experimenting with how much light I let into the shot as it was important to get the appropriate amount of light into the shot in order for it not to appear over or underexposed - as well as natural.
As expected, the middle shot out of the three is the best exposed - the one prior to it is underexposed and the one after it, overexposed. This bracketing technique is a good method to get the desired shot and to have a selection to chose from.
